Knockdown paper box.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

A. WILDMANN. KNOGKDOWN PAPER BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 22, 1904.

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INVEN TOR WITNESSES idol i Wzildmann ,4 TTORNEYS No. 783,089. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. A. WILDMANN.

KNOGKDOWN PAPER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 22, 1004.

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INVEN TOR TNESSES 7 fldGZ v/L m'ldma/m/ I JQia ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES 'ADOLPH WILDMANN,

Patented. February 21', 1905.

oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

7 KNOCKDOWN PAPER Box'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,089, dated February 21, 1905.

. Application filed March 22, 1904. Serial No. 199,338.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that L ADOLPH WILDMANN, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Paper Boxes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved knockdown pasteboard or cardboard box of the class used by tailors, clothing dealers, and others for packing clothes and other articles and for shipping the same;

and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a box of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the practice of my invention I provide a knockdown box composed of two membersa bottom portion or member and a top or cover portion or member -and these parts or members are made exactly 1n the samemanner, the

only difference being in the depth thereof, the

2 5 top portion or cover being, if desired, of less .depth than the bottom portion'of the box.

The invention is fully disclosed in'the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the sepa- ,3 rate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which i v Figure 1 is a plamview of a blank from which the bottom or body portion of my im- 3 5 proved box is made when it is desired to make a square box; Fig. 2, a perspective view showing a blank folded so as to form the box member; Fig. 3, a plan view showing the,

process of-folding the blank so as'to form the 4 box member shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an edge 1 ,view of the box member shown in Figs. 2 and 3 completely knocked down;:Fig. 5, a side view of the boxmem'ber as shownin Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a perspective view of the complete box,the cover'or top portion being of less depth than the body or bottom portion; Fig. 7, asectional detail'of the construction on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a view similar to Fig. 1-, showing a blank. used in making an s 5 oblong and rectangular box member; Fig. 9,

a perspective view of a box member made from said blank; Fig. 10, a plan view showing the method of folding the box member shown in Fig. 9 when knocking it down; Fig. 11, an edge View of the boxmember shown in Fig. 9 completely knocked down; Fig. 12, a side or plan view thereof; and Fig.

13, aperspective view of a box complete, the

lines 0 and the said side portions c are also provided with diagonally-arranged score or folding lines 0 at their diagonally opposite ends. The folding endportions 6 are also separated from the body portion a by score or folding lines 6 and the body portion a is provided with a diagonal score or folding line a parallel with the score or folding lines 0*, whereby said body portion is divided into two similar and equal parts a Secured to one of the parts a parallel with the score or folding line a and at a determined distance therefrom isa catch-piece d, composed of cardboard, p'asteboa'rd, or other suitable material, and this catch-piece d is preferably connected with the body portionaby means of eyelets 03 which are arranged at the opposite ends thereof and one of which is farther from the inner edge of said catch-piece than the other, and pivoted to the other parta of the body portion a is a lock-piecee, which is connected with said body portion a by means of an eye-,

let c and the lock-piece e is adapted to beswung down beneath the catch-piece c, as i shown in Fig. 2. A t

"In forming the box member as shown in Fig. 2 from the blankshown in Fig. 8-the side portionsc are raised or folded into an up- 7 right position and the end flaps '0 are bent mwardly and I the end portions 1) of the blank 1 0 I are then folded into an upright position and the flaps c are secured thereto, preferably by means of eyelets 6 although this construction may be made in any desired manner, and

when the box member is thus formed the lockpiece e is turned so that the free end thereof passes beneath the catch-piece (Z, 'as shown in Fig. 2, and the box member is thus held rigid,

, the lock-piece e preventing the folding of the cover of the box is designated the reference character a and the top or cover a is formed from a blank exactly the same in shape and construction as that shown in Fig. 1.

In knocking down the box member shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the lock-piece e is turned so that it will not engage the catch-piece d, as shown in Fig. 3, and the bottom of the box member is folded backwardly along the score or folding. line or and the side portions 0 are folded along the score I or folding lines 0 and the said box member is folded into the form shown in Fig. '5, an end or edge view thereof being given in Fig. 4.- 7

As shown in Fig. 6 the top or cover a is of less depth than the bottom or, body portion a; but it will be apparent that said top or' cover a maybe of the same depth as the bottom or body portion a, in which case the bottom or body portion a would be entirely inv closed by the top or cover.

The construction shown in Figs. 8 to 13, inclusive, isexactlythe same as that shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, with the exception that the box produced is oblong and rectangular in form instead of square. In this form of construction I provide a blank (shown in Fig. 8) the general form of which is oblong and rectangular, and this blank comprises a body portion g, folding end portions h, and folding 1 i are provided with triangular end flaps i degrees. The body portion gis also divided diagonally bya score or folding line y, whereby said body portion is divided into'two similar and equal parts 9?, and secured to one of said parts and parallel with the score or folding line g in the form of construction shown is a catch-piece j, composed of cardboard or same depth, if desired.

other similar material, this connection being In forming a box member from the blank shown in Fig.8 the procedure is the same as that hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. The side portions 2' are first raised or folded into an upright position. The

flaps i are then folded inwardly, and the end portions hare then raised'and secured to the flaps 2' this connection being preferably made by means of eyelets o.v The 1ock'picce 7c is then. turned so that the free end thereof passes beneath thecatch-piece j, and the box- ,the form of construction shown is of less depth-than the bottom or body portionm; 'but' said parts or members may be made of the In folding up or' knocking rate box members the lock-piece la is turned softhat it will not engage the catch-piece j, and the bottom portion of the box-member, consisting of the body portion 9 of the blank, is folded backwardly along the score-line g2,- and at the same time the sidepo'rtio'ns iof the blank are folded along the score-lines vl and down the sepa '6 as shown in Fig. 10,. and the completely;

knocked down box 11and12.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the only difference between the member is shown in Figs.

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separate forms of construction shown in Figs.

1 to 7, inclusivefand 8 'to13, inclusive, con: sists in the length of the blank employed in making anoblong boxand in'the additional score or foldingmlines a" with which the diagonally opposite ends of the side portions z' are provided, and it will also be observed that thescore or folding lines a in Fig. 1 are at an angle of forty-five degrees to the adjacent ing the same as that of the score or folding .lines andz' in Fig. 8. 1 v

' My improved knockdown orrpacking box is particularly adapted for use by tailors,

7120, score or folding lines of, this arrangement'bebe separated and compactly folded together,

unfolded and'formed into a box Whenever de-- sired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Aknockdown box of the class described, said box being composed of two parts each of which is formed from a blank, said blank being rectangular in form and consisting of a rectangular body portion, folding end portions, and folding side' portions, the side portions being provided with folding end flaps and being also scored or marked at their diagonally opposite ends so as to form folding-lines and at an angle of forty-five degrees to the ends of said: side portions or to the folding flaps thereof, the body portion of the blank being also providedwith a diagonal score or folding line parallel with the last-named score or folding lines, and one of the members formed thereby being provided with a loop-shaped catch and the other with a pivoted lock adapted to engage the catch,substantiallyas shown and described.

2. Aknockdown box of the class described, said box being-composed of two parts each of which is formed from a blank,said blank being rectangular in form and consisting of a rectangular body portion, folding end portions, and

folding side portions, the side portions being provided with folding end flaps and being also scored at their diagonally opposite ends to form folding-lines at an angle of forty-five degrees to the ends of said side portions or to the folding flaps thereof, and said side portions-being also provided at the ends opposite v the first-named score or folding lines with other score or folding lines at a less angle to theend flaps'than that of the first-named score or folding lines, the rectangular body portion being also provided witha score or folding line parallel with the first-named score or folding lines of the side portions, substantially as shown and described. 7

3.- A knockdown box of the class described, said box being composed of two parts'each of which is formed from a blank,said blank being rectangular in form and consistingof a rec-' tangular body portion, folding end portions, and folding side portions, the side portions being provided with folding end flaps-and being also scored at their diagonally opposite,

ends to form folding-lines at an angle of fortyfive degrees to the ends of said side portions or to the folding flaps thereof, and said side portions being also provided at the ends opposite the first-named score or folding lines with other score or folding lines at a less angle to the end flaps than that of the first-named score or folding lines, the rectangular body portion being also provided with a score or folding line parallel with the first-named score or folding lines of the side portions, and the separate parts of the body portion thus formed being provided with looking devices to hold the box part or member in operative position, substantially as shown and described.

4:. A blank for forming box members, said blank being composed of a rectangular .body

portion and folding side and end members, the side members. being provided with folding end flaps, and being also scored at their diagonally opposite ends so as to form foldinglines at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees to the end flaps, the body portion being also scored diagonally, and the side portions being also provided .at the ends opposite the first-named score or folding lines with other score or foldingrlines and forming small degrees to the end flaps, and the separate parts of the body portion being also provided with looking devices, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of March, 1904.

ADOLPH WIIIDMANN.

Witnesses (J. E. MULREANY, F.'A. STEWART. 

